“Welcome to the world, beautiful baby boy”, reads the card. What it omits to say is “welcome to the world, a world full of unsolicited advice, beautiful baby boy”. Much like the urban myth that stress induces labour, this too holds true. The undeniable fact that having a baby opens the flood gates for one and … Read More →
Didn’t I say I was going to run out of time? It was as though the universe was trying to tell me something, but here I was, thinking I had weeks up my sleeve, to relax in my roundness as much as I could and watch endless hours of guilt-free day time TV (because not … Read More →
When the stars align, you just have to run with it. It’s a fact that the human condition means we focus on the negatives in life. We complain when stuff goes wrong, but we often don’t appreciate when everything falls into place. So when things do fall into place people, recognise it. And be thankful. … Read More →
pan fried rice cakes with tiger prawns, caramelised pork, shallot oil, fried shallot, peanut and pork floss Baby, you had me at pork floss. This year’s birthday was very low key. While my graceful journey towards ageing is usually accented by decadent meals at fabulous locales, this year there be a bun baking in the … Read More →
Some things are made to be together. Seasides and summer breezes, snow and hot chocolate, leg warmers and crimped hair. Or maybe I should be talking more to my actual audience… so picture this instead: mango and sticky rice. lamb cutlets and mint jelly. Sunday roast and food coma. You feeling me? Another pairing that … Read More →
Oatmeal, raisins, walnuts, a touch of brown sugar and cinnamon. Would you eat that for breakfast? I totally would. And if it came in cookie form, well all the better for less washing up! I always seem to have an abundance of rolled oats sitting around the house. I have good intentions of having it … Read More →
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of all things easy. Call it ingenuity, call it entrepreneurial, call it lazy. But when I find a quick way of doing something awesome, I think that’s pretty much gold, right? Here I thought this other protein ball recipe was easy. It still involved blending stuff up, but … Read More →
I’m not a fan of home delivery. It’s not that I don’t like getting into my pjs mid-afternoon, slapping a mud mask on my face and having someone bring my food to my door. I mean, that would almost be like I had my own minions! Except that this one wouldn’t be mine. And in … Read More →
Last week, Panu was struck down by the man-flu. Even more heinous than the dreaded ‘lurgy, man-flu targets the manliest of men, reducing even the strongest of the breed to whimpering, coughing, spluttering messes. At 6am on a Saturday morning. 6am on a Saturday morning indeed. My sleep-in very much disrupted, I wondered what people … Read More →
One of the main reasons people who don’t ‘get’ Twitter don’t like it is because they don’t think you can get a message across in 140 characters or less. Another reason is because they’re probably too far removed from Generation Me! Me! Me! to fully appreciate narcissism. I for one, believe that narcissism is fuelled … Read More →
I’ve been AWOL from my blog for six full weeks. Why the hiatus? Well, on 27 December, Panu and I got married. On 2 February, we celebrated with friends. About three days after that, we made a baby. Ok, so we didn’t make a baby yet per se, it’s still gestating (urgh, I hate that … Read More →
Wow, how hard is it to go back to work after a four day weekend, guys? I’m struggling today. It’s 3pm and I’ve just checked my frequent flyer points balance because what better way to get over the holiday blues (even a small one) than to book another holiday? Despite it only being a three … Read More →
Last weekend came and went in the blink of an eye. Don’t they always? On Saturday morning, we brunched at BangBang Espresso Bar & Cafe, a cute little place perched high atop the Reservoir Street hill in Surry Hills, a hill I’m all too familiar with trudging. But yet, I’d never actually been in BangBang … Read More →
I had a free pass last night! This doesn’t happen often. The last time I was out on a weeknight doing something not associated with work was September last year, I shit you not. But if I plan far ahead enough, sure I can take a night off. Last night’s occasion was a show at … Read More →
Goma street: caramelised white chocolate, sesame ice cream Last week was full of massive celebrations. I’d survived two weeks of work (which was not easy!), my family was in town, Panu finished studying (ready to make us millions now) and oh yes, we were also celebrating the fact that we got married. But mainly, I … Read More →
Happy Valentine’s Hallmark Day, everyone! May today be filled with lots of utter nonsense generated by the most genius greeting card company ever, but above all, may your day be filled with love. Mine, well, my day kind of sucks because I have six straight hours of calls until 11pm tonight. But I did wake … Read More →
sashimi appetiser I had a long week last week. Early mornings, late nights, six hours of back to back calls on Valentine’s night. Yep, it was one of those weeks. When the clock struck 6pm on Friday, I was happy enough to just go home and sleep, but Panu suggested out of the blue that … Read More →
White chocolate. Condensed milk. Matcha. Need I say more? Not really. When I first saw Raspberri Cupcake’s recipe for three-ingredient-super-easy-condensed-milk-cookies, my interest was already piqued. Three ingredients? The lazy in me stirred. Condensed milk? The fatty in me rolled out of bed. I’m so there. Somewhere long the way though, I added white chocolate chips, … Read More →
I don’t pass judgement on the things I eat based on whether they’re healthy or not. I simply eat things that I like, be it quinoa or burgers or um, an ice cream filled Krispy Kreme donut. If something’s healthy, I suppose in the deep recesses of my mind, it gets an extra brownie point, … Read More →
I’ve been contemplating my blog lately. Not contemplating it in the sense of what should I blog but – and I can’t really believe I’m saying blogging this out loud – should I be blogging at all? I know, this crazy inkling of an idea planted itself in my head and it’s been all but … Read More →
steamed murray cod fillet, shaved abolone, snow peas, black fungi, ginger, green shallot vinaigrette I say this often, and I mean it even more often: I never ever associate my work with my social media. It’s not that I’m ashamed of what I do on social media, I just (a) know of people who’ve been … Read More →
Usually when somebody points you in the direction of a bar that sells food – all their food – for $4.95, you kind of expect (a) rubbish food (b) rubbish service (c) probably cheap drinks (d) all of the above. We went to El Furniture Warehouse (or “El Furny”) on a rec from a local, and … Read More →
I had to go to the post office today. I work from home and yet Every. Single. Time. we receive a parcel, it comes in the form of a “sorry we missed you” card and “oh hey, please now go out of your own way to pick it up from the post office”. Do you … Read More →
It’s no secret that I like easy things. Anything that can be done with least effort, oh yeah baby send it my way. Don’t be hating, you hard workers, I know that secretly, you too would totally take the easy way out, if you can get the same awesome results. Which leads me to this … Read More →